Restored Home in Ireland

This restored early 1700s thatched stone cottage is located in County Louth, Ireland, where Australian Sonja Bergin and her Irish husband Kevin decided to settle down. Their restoration earned their home Best Period Renovation in the Readers’ Awards 2011.<br /><br />The article on the renovation process is quite interesting. Most of it was done by the owners but for the roof they needed a master thatcher. Kevin says that he found nearly two tons of junk in the old thatch!<br /><br />You can read the interview with the owners on the renovation process <a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/readers-homes/readers-homes/restoring-thatched-cottage">here</a>.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-02.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-02.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-01.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-01.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-03.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-03.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-04.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-04.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-05.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-05.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-06.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-06.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-07.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1111bergin-07.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 413px;" /><br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/">here</a>.

Restored Home in Ireland

This restored early 1700s thatched stone cottage is located in County Louth, Ireland, where Australian Sonja Bergin and her Irish husband K...

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Celebrity Home: Angela Lansbury

<div style="text-align: center;">London born actress Angela Lansbury, well known for her role in the film <em>Murder, She Wrote</em>, had her house built in the southeast coast in County Cork, Ireland. She appointed Stephen Pearce to make a traditional farmhouse. A serene and inviting home. And here I quote part of the AD article which I found interesting:<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div color="transparent" style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"> The white, one-story structure with the slate roof is timeless in its rudimentary simplicity yet almost modern in its abstraction. Walls bow slightly, as though they had settled over time. “ It sits there like a loaf of bread,” says Lansbury.<span><br /></span>“ We didn’t want to bring stuff over from London,” she says. “ We wanted to use Irish materials—Irish wood crafted by Irish woodworkers, and Irish linen. The draperies are horse blankets.” The ceramics were potted by Pearce. <div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"> <p>She confirms the architectural simplicity by leaving the white walls bare. “ My husband never let me hang pictures because, he said, the windows are the pictures,” she recalls. “ The weather here changes the light so dramatically on the walls that you feel you’ re on a set. It’ s an artist’s dream house, full of lightness and brightness. It’s roomy, but it still feels cozy. It envelops me.” </p><br /><figure class="media"> <img alt="file" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/_jcr_content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl01_lansbury.jpg" title="" /> </figure></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><figure class="media"><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item1.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl02_lansbury.jpg" /></figure></div><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Lansbury in the entrance. Love those floors, rustic and warm.<br /><br /><figure class="media"><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl03_lansbury.jpg" /></figure><br /><figure class="media"><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item3.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl04_lansbury.jpg" /><br />Every room is traditional Irish except for the size of the main room.<br /></figure><br /><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl05_lansbury.jpg" /><br /><figure class="media"><figure class="media"><figure class="media"><figure class="media"><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl07_lansbury.jpg" /></figure><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item5.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl06_lansbury.jpg" /></figure></figure></figure></div><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><div style="text-align: center;">In the kitchen, a long dining table takes the spotlight, allowing meals to be made and enjoyed in the same space.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/magazine/2007/06/lansbury/arsl08_lansbury.jpg" /><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item7.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl08_lansbury.jpg" /></div><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><div style="text-align: center;">A serene master bedroom is tucked at the end of the first-floor hall.<br /><figure class="media"><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item9.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl10_lansbury.jpg" /></figure><br /></div><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><div style="text-align: center;">The courtyard is protected from heavy winds. “I thought the roof would go in the first gale, so I strapped it down with steel. We’ve had 120-mile-an-hour winds, and the roof is still on,” says Pearce.<br /><br /><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item8.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl09_lansbury.jpg" /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I find it extremely hard to find a celebrity house that I like, let alone love. I really love this one. What about you?<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photographs by Derry Moore</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">All images and information from <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a>.</span></div></div></div><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Celebrity Home: Angela Lansbury

London born actress Angela Lansbury, well known for her role in the film Murder, She Wrote , had her house built in the southeast coast in ...

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